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ended, the word was given that every man and woman should 

 take their ' roumes,' for dinner was just ready. Then did they 

 all in order take their places, and the ' sarviters ' very well 

 bestirred themselves, for there were 14 tables sate full at one 

 time : they were twice full that day, and some of them 3 times ; 

 and all of them gave very good satisfaction to the parties that 

 were married that day. 



" Then the night began to draw vpon vs, and many left off 

 for that day. Far in the night they gat us into bed with noe 

 small adoe, and after many had ta'en leave of us, my man acted 

 his part in clearing the room of the rest. 



" The next morning when Phoebus began to appeare and shew 

 himself valliantly in the firmament we did open our eyelids. 

 And the musick hearing that we were awake came and saluted 

 us with pleasant lessons, and choice tunes, and with them many 

 more to know what rest we tooke. After that done, they departed 

 the roome, and when they were all gone, we arose from our bed, 

 and coming to her father — who was then my father-in-law — and 

 desiring a blessing from him, hee gave it me, and withal 12 

 half crowns. So after breakfast was ended, it fell to the cook's 

 care to provide for another dinner, which immediately hee did, 

 and much moneys was taken that day. The next day being 

 Friday, the Bride pie was eaten, at which dinner was above 

 22 messes. Almost all these were women. There came also 

 many on Saturday and laide their shots, and on Sunday came 

 very many to dinner, and gave us their shots freely, and, as I 

 said before, so say I againe, that for 1 1 days together we got 

 1 1 shot dinners. Besides, very many came long after, and that 

 day sennight that our wedding day was, came above 24 messes 

 from Winster very good ' ges ' (? guests), whose names I could 

 very well find in my heart to subscribe in this book, but as I 

 know not all of them, I shall only tell you the total sum by 

 messes as near as I can during the time of our nuptial feast. 

 And from my book which I took an account in, I found there 

 was bidden above two hundred messes ; besides, many came 

 freely of their own good will, which, as I could guess, were two 



